Article Archive for August 2011

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Fisbowski-Pacer, That’s My Maiden Name
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 15 August 2011
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You can buy by name … Fisbowski is Polish for Pacer? Or maybe that’s his maiden name? Did someone fall asleep at the switch? Will there be a third version where we get closer to the core? Will he call be called Fred Yellow? Or Fred Left? Fred Car? Fred 4 Wheels? Fred in Blister? […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Race Mat – Small But Not Deadly Accurate
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 14 August 2011
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Okay, I don’t really know what the above title phrase means but it’s catchy, right? The Race Track Floor Mat – not from Mattel – from Best Brands! As you can see, 1:55 McQueen is in Gulliver’s CARS Land … He’s wider than the Race Track and about the length of 15 Haulers … Old […]

Disney D23 Expo: Pixar Events Schedule
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 12 August 2011
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Looks like fun! Here is the full slate of Pixar related events: FRIDAY 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Stage 23 Pixar Shorts Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios with this retrospective screening of the Studio’s legendary shorts. This retrospective screening of the animation studio’s legendary short films will be followed by a panel […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Ridemakerz Francesco is What is Happening …
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 11 August 2011
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The new Ridemakerz Francesco is pretty nice … With “real” rubber tires (well, synthetic rubber like …) Next to 1:55 Francesco. Of course, you can swap out a bunch of the parts like replacing the exhaust pipes with these … Be nice if you could that in real life though of course, your gas mileage […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: Quick, Give Me Some Change For Quick Changers …
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 10 August 2011
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Quick Changers are coming this Christmas season … What are they? It’s hard to tell but I found some Hot Wheels “Modifighters QuickChangers” that are probably most like it … In other words, CARS Mini-Transformers® … I’m guessing they will be all plastic and I have no idea what the scale it will be … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Pinion Tanaka in Switzerland?
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 10 August 2011
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Pinion Tanaka arrives … in Switzerland … Of course, for tax reasons – we cannot speak him name. We just call him #7. I hope his secret banking account number has a few more digits … Thanks for the nice pic & purchase, “Dolly.” (I guess he was gray as a prototype …) Of course, […]

Disney Pixar D23 Expo: Finn McMissile, CARS Presentation + Rest
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 9 August 2011
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The event runs 3-days, you can buy tickets by day or for all three days. For CARS 2, Mattel has created a Finn McMissile. No additional photos but here’s a shot of the outside PAPER box. Yes, it looks like wood but no, it’s not a mini wood crate … Original post HERE. You can […]

TakeFiveaDay Server: Rise of the Squirrels – UPDATE
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Posted in Internet on 8 August 2011
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UPDATE: Ok – the forums have been taken offline until we can figure out just what the heck is happening with them.  We have contacted the developer and are working hard on a fix.  Hopefully, we can turn them back on soon and all of the previous posts should still all be there. Fingers crossed […]

Backup Back to the Future …
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Posted in movies on 8 August 2011
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Via Top Cultured (some links NSFW). Some Captions … 10) Marty has some ‘splaining to do. 09) “DeLorean Repo.” I never miss an episode. 08) For sale? Over my dead body! I’d just as soon sell my pork ‘n bean can collection! 07) I meant to go back in time and grab a DeSoto dealership. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: 2 Different Pullback Series
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 8 August 2011
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There are two different pullback series, one 1:55ish and one around 1:35 scale. the 1:35 is obviously all plastic and I’m guessing so is the 1:55ish series? Can anyone confirm? Thanks for the nice pic, “SnoSno.” There are only 4 CARS in the entire series … The 1:35 series is a much larger card … […]